hgignore¶

It is very helpul to setup a ignore config to keep the repo clean from generated or system depended files.

There are two main locations to keep and manage ignores:

• Repository
  a file directly added to the repo on root level: .hgignore
  used for generated files
• System
  define the path to the ignore file in your hgrc and setup the ignroe fiel it the same way
  used for system depended files

Ignore file:

http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/hgignore.5.html

hgrc section ui:

http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/hgrc.5.html#ui

Examples (Regex)¶

for repo ignore rules:

\.nfo$
\.grf$
Makefile\.local
Makefile\.dep

for system ignore rules:

• Common
  

  \.renum
  \.bak$
  \.log$
  \.orig$
  \.rej$
  \.diff$
  

• Linux
  

  ~$
  \.directory
  

• Mac
  

  \.DS_Store
  Thumbs\.db
  

Tips¶

Already added files can get removed from the repo with

hg forget

(help with hg help forget)